CVE-2019-2981

LOWNVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
3.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(medium)
EPSS
88.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 16, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (44)

Patch Availability(13)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-11-source (11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~18.04) @ bionic2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_12020-01-07redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_102020-01-02redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el72019-12-09redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.55-1jpp.1.el6_102019-12-05redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.55-1jpp.1.el72019-12-05redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.241-2.6.20.0.el6_102019-10-21redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.241-2.6.20.0.el7_72019-10-21redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.232.b09-0.el8_02019-10-17redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-1:11.0.5.10-0.el8_02019-10-17redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.232.b09-1.el6_102019-10-17redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.232.b09-0.el7_72019-10-16redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-1:11.0.5.10-0.el7_72019-10-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-2981?
CVE-2019-2981 is a low vulnerability published on October 16, 2019. Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple…
When was CVE-2019-2981 disclosed?
CVE-2019-2981 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 16, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-2981 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-2981 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 88.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-2981?
CVE-2019-2981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-2981?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-2981, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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